3

I've only been booting into classic gnome desktop since 11.04 and since upgrading to 11.04 I'm having horrible window flickering and what seems to almost be gdm restarting. Maybe it's not gdm restarting but what happens is the desktop will flicker, all windows from all workspaces will come to the current workspace, often all window decoration will be gone, artifacts, and super choppy window dragging.

Anyway, does unity-window-decorator have something to do with it? Is this compiz? Can I replace it with something else?

EDIT: I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the buggy nvidia drivers. I know that the switch to unity-window-decorator is new between 10.10 and 11.04 so thought it may be an issue too.

EDIT:For reference if it does have something to do with the drivers, I'm using nvidia-current on - 

product: G92 [GeForce 9800 GTX+]
vendor: nVidia Corporation

I run $compiz --replace & but that doesn't fix it.

enter image description here

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

Unity-window-decorator is definitely not your problem, as it is almost identical to the gnome-window-decorator. The most likely cause of the problem is that you (probably) have buggy drivers (probably because of your hardware, which you should add to your question by the way), causing compiz to crash or restart. (By the way this is not gdm restarting, that would take your entire Xsession with it).

If you are pretty convinced (though I am not) that unity-window-decorator is the problem, you can change the compiz window decorator to gnome-window-decorator in ccsm.

Also, you can try using metacity (you will lose your effects, but at least it will work) instead of compiz.

See this answer: How to Get nvidia driver working properly ( running experimental 3d support)

Improve this answer
6
  • You're right I'm having trouble with buggy nvidia drivers. I'm not sure what has changed since 10.10 but it is drastic. I know it's not the same as restarting gdm since all the window remain displayed, but, well, I don't know. It's glitchy. I'm going to try the last two things you recommend and see if there's a difference.
    – winchendonsprings
    May 7, 2011 at 5:05
  • @winchendonsprings: You should mention those buggy drivers (along with some more detail like what model card and driver version) in your question :).
    – RolandiXor
    May 7, 2011 at 5:10
  • @Roland Taylor Using metacity defiantly makes the desktop smoother. Just not in the looks or usability shortcuts available with compiz.
    – winchendonsprings
    May 7, 2011 at 5:29
  • @winchendonsprings: Definitely* (not defiantly :D!) You may need to get the recommended nvidia driver and see if that works better.
    – RolandiXor
    May 7, 2011 at 5:43
  • @Roland Taylor Using metacity definitely makes the desktop smoother. Just not in the looks or usability shortcuts available with compiz.
    – winchendonsprings
    May 7, 2011 at 6:46

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .